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F. a, mama; AUTOMUBILE 'FRACTION MECHANISM. APPLICATION HLED HINE H,W17.

1 05,452, Patented June 3, 1919,--

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F; H. FARMER'.

AUTOMOBILE TRACTION MECHANNFA,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. :SII.

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ngninsi; siccvc he- GO cf xhc hmkc z-ccixct: -61, which imb is cyinch'imi and is idi i' (aha tuba; a The cuts c rings of tiw 6W0 annularbem-' ings iii'atci inm the hub of." the, ivhcci.

'iChc Outsim i'iirlg; 56 cf theinner annular" beaming a, shcuhici' 57 onihc Wheel and; hchi against that shmiidci' by Wmihcr 58* having 212threaded periphery "which scrcws int-o ihc thrcmdcd ()WCQI. cnci cf theWheel huh. lihis washer cinb'mccs iahc hub 60 amicmzmiiis an 2mm:gi'ccvcin "wh is a washer of 7 c1? imicriai Wi'iich imci. dust tightjoint v The 1s ,nch .011 quires iii 21110.} with inc and therefore re;(iQSCKliJ'illOlfl The part of the mad; his-gr: mmug} min ghc g'cm-cagc,it cam'i-c 1: 1m which is m cc-11-- wvhich are mcuiiricd in him gcm: czggc; and

,Which the gem :agc ,abovc dcscribcci are IBCiOSM'in iahcsc arc incc'nstmifi mash W {h th pinion l6 thai; is .hxci in thc cuter and (ifthe iivc c 63 is sccmcii. to the outer and of s Shift in ich @133 oniiiili: cuter siicic the whcci. is

nail ring" signataiu'c.

with sziid iiiii gem, Mai-rings for said tracticn whcci. comprisinghearings, the inside ring cf hosh of said ring hearings being fittedupon Fit-iid gem cage 'slccvc, and said. sleeve having a, shoulder.agmnsu which one of said rings abuts, a.

spacing; slcc-Vc which en'ibrace s the gear cage sleeve and hm; betweenand. engages said two insida bczi'rinp; rings, and a brake bracketsleeve which is fitted upon and firmly sccurmi-tc the with: tube incngagenimit with the adjacent inner bearing ring.

2. in autcmcbiic traction iliitfililfliliSlYl, the 'ccmhmaincn cf'anzixlc' tube, a. gem cngu sleevetiggh'hiy fitted on to the 011m end ofsaid axis tubc, n key engaging said axle tnhc and sleeve to prcvcnt the.i'cta'iiion of the sleeve upon the attic tube, a gear cage rigidlyconnected with the cute)? cnd of said gem 6, =1 concentrictractionWheel, an inter- ;iczir'hxcii in said WhQGi,- an idler incuntciiin said ,q'czu cagc, a (iHVBIl axle 'F- ilzlil which "TESS ccis throup'hsand. aide tube shah 1n mesh with said v stud traction wheel a pinion'cnsaid axle ifiicr meanings ,Jii'ig t'wc anti-friction ring bear ing thcimsidc ring, of both of said ring bczu-ings siecvc, a spacing siccvcwhich embraces the gear cage siccvc and lies between and engages saidtwo insidc bearing; rings, a brake hmckct sic Kc which is fitted. uponand firmly secured, to the axle tube in engagement with. thchdjaccntinner hcaringring,

and an unnu-iur disk: -.vhi :h scivcwsinto the inncz. and of "he whccihuh and has a, dust and hlhi'icm'it tight joint bct'wcen itself and thehub of iii hmkc bracket.

In tcstimcny whereof I hereunto affix my FIR-Aim; H. F Witi'wsscs: H,iiii'cGmay,

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